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St. Joseph’s had another successful Memorial Day weekend homecoming and bazaar Sunday. Winners of the raffle include: John Deere riding lawnmower – Marla Gurka; Outdoor BBQ Grill – Danny Clark; Yeti Tundra 65 Cooler – Tommy Wishkoski; $200 Gift Certificate – Patricia Kimich; $200 Gift Certificate – the Porter’s; $200 Gift Certificate – Sharon Matney; $200 Gift Certificate – Linda Abshire; $200 Gift Certificate – Aaron Rosilier; $200 Gift Certificate – Harold Wishkoski; $200 Gift Certificate – Suzanne Nicholson; Queen-size Quilt – Linda Abshire; $100 Gift Certificate – Ed Bolcerek; $100 Gift Certificate – Frank Imhoff; $100 Gift Certificate – Dan Busa; and $100 Gift Certificate – Leland Fougeron.
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The Washington County ghost town of Graball is a community that on Find a Grave’s website, www.findagrave. com shows five small cemeteries in the area.
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There was another bout of bad weather that blew into the area May 16. Around 5–inches of rain fell, and trees came down. One of the trees was at my home my entire life. Two also fell at the home of Mac and Laura McBride and others throughout the area. Charlie Wendt had a tree fall on his truck. Roads were closed from FM 244 south of Carlos. And Highway 30 near Gibbons Creek. As far as I know there was no loss of life.
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City of Plantersville will have a workshop meeting Tuesday, June 11, at 6:30 p.m. Find out more at https://cityofplantersville. net/.
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Navasota Grimes County Chamber of Commerce and Richards Civic Club are hosting a joint meeting Monday, June 10, at 7 p.m. to hear about future business plans.
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The VFW Post 4006 meeting was canceled because of the possibility of bad weather. I am happy it was. All the destruction in Houston makes me thankful we were safe. I can’t imagine the devastation.
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Well folks, the area is still good and wet. The Navasota River is still high, but not as bad as it was a few days ago. Hopefully it will go down before long. Don and Susan Binch’s home flooded. They had to leave their home and go to the former home of Jon Proskine who passed away in 2023. I’m happy they had a place to go. They are currently still there.
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Msgr. Adam McClosky will celebrate Mass at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson Friday, May 24 at noon. He is celebrating his 57th anniversary as a priest. He was ordained at St. Stanislaus Kostka May 24, 1967 by Bishop John Morkovsky. Congratulations Fr. Adam. We are so proud of you. You have led many in their journey of faith.
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